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Isaiah 57:14

And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

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ASV

And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

KJV

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָמַ֥רve.'a.Marand someone will sayH559 →
סֹֽלּוּ־so.lu-build upH5549 →
סֹ֖לּוּSo.lubuild upH5549 →
פַּנּוּ־pa.nu-make clearH6437 →
דָ֑רֶךְDa.rekh[the] wayH1870 →
הָרִ֥ימוּha.Ri.mulift upH7311 →
מִכְשׁ֖וֹלmikh.Sholobstacle[s]H4383 →
מִדֶּ֥רֶךְmi.De.rekhfrom [the] way ofH1870 →
עַמִּֽי׃ ס'a.Mipeople myH5971 →

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Isaiah 62:10Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!Luke 3:5–6Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.Jeremiah 18:15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.Colossians 2:14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!Romans 14:13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.Hebrews 12:13Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.2 Corinthians 6:3We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.Luke 3:4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.1 Corinthians 8:9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,1 Corinthians 10:32–33Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—Psalms 119:165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.Jeremiah 31:21“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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